Press Releases

In Historic Victory, Hillsborough Becomes First North Carolina Municipality to Pass LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Protections Since Sunset of HB142

Leaders in several other NC communities set to take up their own LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances later this month.

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Next Week: Hillsborough, Carrboro and Chapel Hill to Take Up LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Ordinances, First in North Carolina Since HB142 Sunset

Local leaders move forward a month after municipalities in North Carolina regained the power to protect LGBTQ residents from discrimination.

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Key Prong of House Bill 142 Sunsets, Clearing the Path for Local Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ North Carolinians

Equality NC and the Campaign for Southern Equality urge local leaders to pass LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections.

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A ban on cities passing LGBT protections is about to expire. NC activists look ahead.

Equality NC & Campaign for Sourthern Equality spoke with The News and Observer.

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ENC & GLAAD Detail Anti-LGBTQ Record Of Senator Thom Tillis

Research from Equality North Carolina and GLAAD reveals nearly a dozen instances where Sen. Tillis legislated against LGBTQ people in policy and rhetoric, including his current support for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

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ENC, Others Release Endorsements

The Equality North Carolina Action Fund PAC (ENCAFPAC) released their official round of the organization's 2020 electoral endorsements for political races across the state of North Carolina.

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Equality NC, NC Black Alliance and Disability Rights NC Launch Voter Safety Protection Campaign

Vulnerable North Carolinians can request free PPE as they head to the polls.

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Equality North Carolina Condemns Trump Administration's Attack On Housing Insecure Transgender Americans

While America continues to see the highest unemployment numbers in decades, the Trump Administration is enabling homeless shelters to turn away housing insecure transgender and gender-nonconforming people.

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ENC Condemns Trump Administration's Rollback of Healthcare Protections for Transgender People

"Rolling back healthcare protections for our communities during this time is nothing short of cruel, and this administration continues to flaunt -- even celebrate -- its cruelty."

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Supreme Court Affirms Federal Employment Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ Americans

Today in a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that companies can't unfairly fire or otherwise discriminate against LGBTQ people in the workplace.

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